fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >> this is fox 5 morning news. >> here's your live look outside. we have got problems out there this morning. there is some icy roads. a little snow in the region. tucker barnes will tell us about the weather, julie, traffic. it is valentine's day, thursday february 14th. we were talking about those icy conditions in montgomery county. colsville road and rockville pike. the roads are so slick. police right now are helping drivers turn around and go back north. good morning i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. and there are slick spots throughout the region. after some light snow fell overnight, this is video shot from oakton, virginia. >> with snow comes school delays. frederick and carol

county maryland schools opening two hours late. in virginia page county call schools are delayed two hours. >> i don't think i've ever seen snowflakes as big as i saw last night. >> it was very pretty. >> it was absolutely gorgeous last night about 7:30 in northwest washington and the transition taking place. left over here light accumulations. generally washington points north and west trace to about an inch, inch plus. but temperatures have fallen back below freezing. let's get to the numbers. at reagan national we are looking at temperatures in the mid 30s. 37 at last look. 37 at reagan national. 33 at dulles. bwi marhsall still abbey low the freezing mark. not too far to the north and west of washington, lots of temperatures that are at or below freezing. definitely be prepared here for a few extra

minutes as you may encounter a few icy spots. i had to do scraping as well. >> the storm's out of here. cleared to the north and east it goes. a bright beautiful day. sunshine expected out there later this afternoon. should be a quiet forecast tonight with clear skies and overnight lows. for your valentine's day, couldn't ask for a nicer day. there's the bigger picture and the storm slipping east of boston. we'll focus on that rain shower activity for tomorrow night. there's your forecast, things get sweet around here later this afternoon for valentine's day. highs in the upper 40s by 5:00 p.m. it's official. julie's got your traffic. >> i like that sunny and sweet. southbound 270 still grid locked out of german town out of 124. delays continue south of 370. just a few moments ago we showed you this particular camera.

not only icy conditions but the accident activity south of the beltway. help is on the scene. the tow truck trying to remove this vehicle. traffic is able to come southbound but they have treated the roadway and trying to clean up the accident activity. let's continue with the maps. it's quite busy out here. icy conditions and accident continue to block i 97 and 32. on the southbound side of the highway, the left lane is blocked at the scene as well. outer loop 95 out of georgia avenue. icy conditions closing a portion of southbound 355 between grovner lane and the beltway. we have accident activity reported in virginia. georgetown pike at walker road. accident activity outbound at the beltway. five car crash occurred on the outbound side leaving dc headed back into virginia. 66 open for business.

delays continued. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you much. we begin with breaking news from south africa where an olympic hero is under arrest after shooting a woman to death. >> there are reports it might have been a tragic accident. wisdom is with us again live in the news room with the details on this one. >> sprinter oscar made history about becoming the first double amputee and now he is facing murder charges. police in petoria say they received a call for shots fired around 3:00 this morning. they found 29-year-old riva steamcamp dead. police found a 9 millimeter. the two were reportedly dating. sources say she may have been trying to surprise him at his home and he

may have mistaken her for an intruder. they do say there have been reports of trouble at the house before. we'll have to stay tuned on this one. allison. >> sorry to hear that news. to the gulf of mexico where a five day nightmare for 4,000 passengers on board a stranded cruise ship is about to come to an end. right now tug boats are pulling that crippled ship to alabama. it is expected to dock sometime this afternoon. been adrift since sunday when a fire in the engine room knocked out the electricity. passengers calling home have complained about overflowing toilets, no showers, no lights and a lack of food. >> i feel helpless. there's nothing we can do. she's out of medication. my step dad's out of medication, my grandmother is out of

medication. i'm really worried about their health. >> to make up for the misery, carnival has arranged for some passengers to fly home on chartered flights. carnival has canceled 12 more planned voyages as it investigates just what happened here. this comes as the company admits the ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before. tony, over to you. >> thank you. and closer to home in alexandria, police continue to investigate the death of a 94-year-old man found inside his home. police are calling the death suspicious. melanie alnwick is live in alexandria where she has learned of other crimes on that street. >> reporter: good morning. we can tell you a man who lives in this house here complained to the city council about a crime spike in the neighborhood. he says his house had been burglarized several times.

police report showed three home break ins on this 2700 block on holly street in the last two years. the suspect took large amounts of cash, collectible coins and jewelry. and now investigators do believe there may have been another burglary at this home yesterday. shortly before 7:00 when an adult resident came home and found the 94-year-old man dead alone in the house. he had upper body trauma but did not elaborate on what that means. >> we're still investigating the facts surrounding the death but do feel it appears to be somewhat suspicious. >> i'm out here walking my dog, i had no idea. that's scary. >> sources tell fox 5 the person who found the man was a son or stepson. do not have information on a possible suspect. they are calling it a death investigation. i'm sure

we'll get more details on that as the information unfolds. the homicides are very rare here in the city of alexandria. certainly this news is unsettling to many of the neighbors in this community. going bac to march when the resident complained to the city council. at that time the mayor told the resident he believed there had been arrests in some of those cases. that was last march. the most recent break in was at this house last november. and certainly there's been other reports here of vehicle thefts, other break ins. got to believe this is something police are going to be looking into as this case unfolds. >> all right, melanie. thank you very much. now a frightening story from a california couple taken hostage by a man believed to be former lapd officer christopher dorner. dorner accused in several killings.

the body found in the cabin has not been identified. the couple says they walked into their mountain cabin and found dorner inside with a gun. >> he came in like with a cord and tied it. >> couple extension cords. >> put a case over our heads. tied it real tight . she got her gag off and both worked on trying to stand up. >> he scooted over toward the bedroom door he closed but couldn't get off. we were really bound. he couldn't get to the doorknob. i was able to roll on to my knees and scoot over to the bed and get on to my feet. >> care inrenolds was able to call police. a little while later dorner was involved in a shoot out and the cabin was set on fire.

>> happening today, president obama takes state of the union message on the road. today he heads to georgia where he will discuss his plan for expanding early childhood education. two of president obama's cabinet nominees are facing roadblocks. a vote on john brennan to be cia chief was postpone odd. senators are demanding more details about drone strikes and the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. and a vote tomorrow on chuck hagel's nomination needs 60 votes to pass. >> a virginia couple will spend valentine's day rolling in the money. and today we'll find out who they are. winning $217 million power ball ticket at richmond airport will come forward to claim the prize this afternoon. second largest jackpot ever won in the old dominion. >> at the airport? >> yeah. >> i love it.

congratulations. mother monster, she's going under the knife. we're going to tell you why lady gaga had to cancel tour and what it means for anyone with tickets to her dc show. >> and a popular boom. how many neighbors you could have in the next few decades. that would be a population boom. >> some folks are popular i guess. first though, big changes coming to the skies. what it will mean for passengers and your ticket prices. >> ♪ . >> here's a live look outside. traffic seems to be moving okay there. but there are a lot of problems out there this morning. the latest forecast and weather next. it's 7:11. it's 7:11. some folks didn't think that our coffee was their flavoror,

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well, the wizards winning streak ends at four games. the home team was all tied up with less than 4 minutes to play. detroit dominated the fourth quarter. final score was 96-85. the game was in detroit. washington ends the first half of the season 15 and 36. 21 games back at the eastern conferee. laying better lately. >> yeah. they have been playing better. >> it's valentine's day and i want to do a quick shout out to all off you are viewers. i met two wonderful ladies last night. the girls had to have accessories at school today. i want to say good morning to miss ivy. she made me cry. >> really? >> she was like you guys really help me get up in the morning. it was why we do what we do. and i was tired.

>> very emotional. >> but we love our viewers. happy valentine's day. it's a day of appreciation, love and respect. >> good. >> all right. mother nature going to deliver a nice valentine's day this year with temperatures in the upper 40s to 50. >> she's a lovely lady. >> she's a romantic. i think we have a live shot. sun getting up and we should have a beautiful day. yesterday a mix of rain and snow for parts of the area. the left overs with the snow and ice still causing issues out on the roads. should be a beautiful day for us with high temperatures expected to soar into the 40s and 50. let me mention one more time parts of the area the temperature is still below 32. we have icy spots. 29 up in buffalo as we take a tour out to the west. temperatures seasonable for mid-february. it is cold out toward colorado. denver is 27 degrees.

san francisco 46. in parts of florida yesterday, the temperature got into the upper 80s yesterday. near record highs. there's your local satellite picture and our storm is already east of massachusetts. you can see the last of the snow showers east of boston. we're quiet today. mostly tomorrow looks good and tomorrow night will cloud up. could bring us rain and/or snow showers. and then much colder air filters in behind that front. daytime highs on saturday and sunday. upper 30s to about 40. let me mention most of us have monday off. sunshine. >> we do? >> not the three of us but everybody else. >> you are off, julie? >> we'll miss you on monday. >> yeah. >> she's working today. >> i am working today.

it's quite busy out here on the roads. let me tell you what i know. icy conditions that were causing problems for our friends along 355. just now received word they have treated the road and it's reopened. now reopened traveling. they are busy treating a portion of old georgetown road where the two right lanes were tied up. still trying to clean up that five car pile up. accident activity reported. and approaching 495. more people out out and about, we're finding we are peppered with accidents including but not limited to 286 the fairfax county parkway. shut down in each direction. we've heard from police who tell us that roadway is being treated in several different areas and we've had several fender benders along that stech. we'll show you what else is out here. southbound 270 open for business but below speed.

the outer loop remains slow leaving 95. here we are live across the 14th street bridge. or even the gw parkway. traveling from the beltway. we've had accident activity reported over walker road. 286 peppered with accidents and starting to see the line up headed north up towards gallos. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much. making headlines around the region now. a population boom. the dc region growing to nearly 7 million people by 2040. that's 32% more than live here now. or influx of about 1.6 million new residents in just 30 years. the study also shows the outer most suburbs are growing fastest. employment growth is supposed to keep pace. the bad news, traffic will get even worse than it already is.

>> wow. we're very popular. >> talking about retirement and where to go. >> tucker said it was 80 something in florida. >> very good. >> just about 7:20 now. it's a thursday morning . it's valentine's day. coming up next, a new couple alert. megamerger between u.s. airways and american airlines. one of u.s. airways hubs. we're going to get expert insight. >> and later, a free hands on and fun filled festival the entire family is sure to enjoy. what it takes to be an engineer. it's 7:20. we'll be right back. [ harry umlaut ] here we go.

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a major airline merger is about to take flight. combined to form the world's largest carrier. a formal announcement is expected in a few hours.

it will keep the name american but run by u.s. airways ceo. critics of the new deal say with one fewer, it will be easier to raise those fairs. good to see you, good morning. >> you too. >> belated happy new year to you. we were talking before. this is a big deal. this is a huge deal. tell us why. >> it's a very big deal especially for the region now. american airlines will have a greater presence at reagan national. a very big dealer for local travellers. >> when we hear something in the works and fewer airlines to choose from, if we fly, we have to think about those ticket costs. what can we expect if this all goes through? >> ticket prices will rise accordingly with the price of jet fuel. the price of jet fuel is one of the largest single

cost and as the price of jet fuel goes up, so will ticket prices. >> what happens to those smaller cities? different areas where these u.s. areas went to binghamton and now they don't. >> when this merger proceeds one thing we will see for sure is the only ones who do service to smaller cities are larger airlines. southwest flies into no small cities. jet blue and spirit fly into the few. always the larger air carriers. airzone.com will have all that information up. >> no need to worry. >> no. of all the things that may be correct about a merger, that one is incorrect. >> let's talk about this thing. it's worth $11 billion this merger.

so does anybody benefit from this? might there be more employment when we've seen a season of downsizing? what's the other good news? >> here's what the best news coming from this is. with consolidation over, the industry will achieve financial stability. going into the future. a more stable airline product which we hope will after 9/11 it has been bad. a better airline product going into the future and employees, provide them with a more secure employment base. >> we're saying it's a done deal. is it all finalized? will they say here it is. >> yes, there's no doubt about that. i've had a nice chance to chat with both ceos. they are doing fine. doug parker is going to be a great ceo. >> our new normal. aviation expert. give

us the web site. >> theairlinezone.com. >> thank you for coming in today. we will be right back. and still ahead in our next half hour, the other side of sequestration. we know the fall out for the defense industry but the cuts could also take a huge toll on medical research. we're going to tell you how. be right back. back. 

we have bad news for fans of bad romance singer lady gaga. >> the pop star has canceled the rest of her born this way ball tour including the stop here in dc. that's a change from what we heard before. the singer announced on twitter she has a tear in her right hip that needs surgery. gaga says she hd her condition from her staff hoping it would get better. ticket holders will receive full refunds. we wish her the best. >> he have a theory. all those crazy high heels she wears. >> she does dance around. >> she's had a couple spills on the stage. yeah. >> some of those costumes are

heavy. >> you remember a year ago when i did the race and wore high heels. i couldn't walk for a week. >> you are also not supposed to be running in those shoes. that was funny though. i love it. >> that's my theory. let's talk weather. icy spots continue. anywhere between a trace to a half inch. inch plus in a few spots. just enough to cause issues out there on roadways. german town, one inch of snow. ash burn, half inch. still waiting for any decent snow this year. marshal, 1.2 inches of snow. and more up towards maryland. inch and a half. cold enough for anything to refreeze. notice here north and west of town, most of the area still in the low 30s. 32 up in frederick.

20 south and west. cold enough that we are having issues here with some of the refreezing during the early morning hours. good news, sunshine up now and that will warm the atmosphere. and then eventually for your afternoon for your valentine's day upper 40s to about 50. looking at satellite radar, we're done with the storm. east of boston, it's out of here. nice and quiet today and tonight. most of tomorrow looks good too. after getting near 50 today. as we get into late friday and early saturday, we're going to have another front approaching. dip down and through the area and that could bring us a band of rain and/or snow showers late friday and early saturday. still have snow showers around early saturday morning. high temperatures by saturday and sunday. 50 today. sunshine. nice afternoon . winds north and west at 5 to 10. a few clouds and cool out there.

we'll find spots near freezing tomorrow morning. there's your accu weather 7 day forecast. late rain and snow showers tomorrow night. and then plain old cold. daytime high on sunday 35. for the holiday on monday, sunshine with warmer temperatures. monday looks good. that's weather. let's do traffic and julie will tell you what's happening with the icy spots. >> we had fog earlier this morning. chopper brad and the crew over the scene here on 29. this is traffic coming southbound from four corners out towards franklin. a few moments ago this is the top of 7 was completely shut down, the roadway has been treated. you can see sand and salt out here. the accident clean up continues. as you are coming southbound approaching the beltway, only the center of the roadway. then move over to the right. expect delays off southbound 29 and southbound 29 to continue into

downtown silver spring. icy conditions reported along 355. it has been treated and reopened. old georgetown road they've treated the right side there. let's continue with our cameras. 395 across the 14 street bridge. no issues leaving the beltway across the potomic. fairfax police tell me it is shut down in each direction due in part to an accident. they have slippery spots reported all along the 286 and treated them as they come upon them. no issues to report along 66. lanes are open. the pace is slowing through manassas. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right, julie. thank you very much. if sequestration happens, it could have a devastating impact on defense and military spend and going that could have a big impact on the metro region. our next

guest says there's another way the is he questionster could wreak havoc on the dc area. joining us now is robert mccartney. >> good to be here. >> you write about this in this morning's newspaper. defense has gotten a lot of the attention. but in our region there's other areas that are of great concern. >> right. the joke is that virginia does death and maryland does life. you've got the pentagon and a lot of defense contractors and they are going to get whacked if sequestration happens. mandatory arbitrary really budget cuts that it will take affect march 1st. suburban maryland has national institutes of health. military hospital, naval hospital, the food and drug administration. so suburban maryland has a lot invested in the health sciences. and they are going to suffer too

if sequestration happens. and my column focuses on the affect on medical research. the national institutes of health provides almost all of funding in the country for basic medical research. and they are very excited about a lot of promising things going on in health research right now especially related to flu, cancer, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, alzheimers. and they say they are already strapped. they've actually been losing ground in terms of how much medical research they can fund over the last 10 years and if sequestration happens, it's going to be a really big set back. >> do we know how much money they do stand to lose? >> they stand to lose $1.6 billion just the national institutes of health. not the other health related federal

agencies and institutions in our region. so $1.6 billion. that's about 5%. but the thing is their budget has been flat for about 10 years. with the affects of inflation, they've actually lost about 20% in terms of purchasing power. so that's a loss of 20%. now another 5%. and this is for the basic research into medicine that leads to all of our medical breakthroughs. pharmaceutical companies, they won't invest in this research. cause it doesn't promise a quick payoff. the federal government, taxpayers, us, we pay for the basic research. and the most promising stuff, the pharmaceutical companies grab and develop drugs. and they've saved hundreds of thousands of lives. and there's a lot of really interesting stuff going on especially because of genetics advances in technology.

and all this stuff is going to get stalled or set back. >> and you write about some instances where there are research labs and the like where technology just sitting. there's this one example at children's national medical center where this guy, this doctor who runs this center for genetic research there, he's got four high tech gene sequencing machines and he doesn't have money to use them all the time. they sit unused all of the time. if he had $10 million he could be providing information that would diagnose thousands of kids ailments, kids with muscular problems, basically. muscular dystrophy and related nerve disorders. and this stuff is sitting there unused because the nih doesn't have the money to give him. >> it's not livelihoods. it's lives. you have

to write your congress people and try to stop sequestration. we talked about the washington redskins, the controversy over their name. they've been criticized. they are now responding during the last couple days on their web site, there's been dialogue about this. there's been give and take. and criticism. they've responded as well . larry michael the voice of the redskins does a show somewhere comcast redskins channel whatever it is, redskins.com. and they've been talking about it. have you seen some of this? >> i've seen the discussion of the push back, basically against people like me who have called on them to change the name. >> and one of the things they seem to be doing. there's dozens of high schools that still use the name redskins. is that a good defense? >> it's certainly a defense.

there are two sides to this argument. no one ever said otherwise. there are some high schools including i believe at least a few in native american communities that use the term redskins. defenders of the name say it shows it's not insulting. a lot of these schools are in areas that don't have a whole lot of native americans around. so how would they know? there's no one to be insulted in affect. if you look at what national indian organizations say, they say this is offensive, it's a long time, should have been gotten rid of a long time ago. and there's been an on-going campaign for years to get rid of these names and indian mascots and imagery in team.

and more than 3,000 indian names and mascots for professional college and high school teams around the country. and now they are down to fewer than 1,000. more than two thirds of them have been got rid of. but there's still at least 900 left and these are some of them. >> and looks like the redskins are digging in. thanks for coming in. washington post metro section columnist. read them today. we'll be back with more in a couple moments. it's 7:41. 

that band has a future. good morning. we've been sharing beautiful vas day message. if you posted on ourbook fan page. darlene writes you have constantly been there for me. and you are the air i breathe. is this a poem? >> i don't think it's a poem. no measure of time with you in my life will ever be enough. thank you for taking the time to

make the time. >> do we know who that's for? >> no. whoever is darlene's sweetie. >> asked me to read this in that awesome tony voice. is it my regular voice? all right. here's what matt writes. to my darling kelly, it's going on some 13 years since our first valentin's that we shared. it's been amazing, fun and true and i thank god for the kids and you. so from the bottom of my heart, and for all time, you will always be my valentine. >> these are poems. >> that's wonderful. >> great to be able to share like that. a lot of people have a problem sharing and communicating. >> that's wonderful. to do that publically , fantastic. >> happy valentine's day to everybody. >> meanwhile, temperatures

warming up. a beautiful valentine's day. if you want to go out with a nice stroll. you don't want to sit outside for lunch. a little cold. 37 in washington. 28 pittsburgh. 32 boston. i'm going to mention one more time. icy spots on the roads. inch, inch plus in some spots last night. and temperatures have fallen below 32. today we look great. lots of sunshine. there's a frontal system come through early tomorrow. and our computer models is suggesting tomorrow night with a second cold front. we could get an area of low pressure. could bring us band of rain or snow showers. that would be our next chance for presip. doesn't look like a big deal but we're going to want to watch that one. there's your 7 day forecast. check out your daytime highs sunday. 35. and bounce back into

the upper 40s for the holiday on monday which most people are kicking back and relaxing. >> that's good. those folks deserve a day. i love it. >> julie wright standing by to tell us what's happening on the roadways. it is a mess. >> it has been and it's valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day to you. >> happy valentine's day you guys. i brought doughnuts. did you get some ? >> i ate most of them. >> i had doughnuts. >> thank you, anyway. >> tucker, you are supposed to share. >> westbound on 50 the crash before the beltway tying up the two right lanes. inner loop of the beltway from 5 to route 1 in the back open checking for the crash there along the left side. let's continue with the cameras. icily conditions headed for the lane divide. 395 across the 14th street bridge also open for business. open for 29 at the

beltway. 355 at the beltway between grovner. 286 and virginia shut down. traveling in each direction between 301 and 260. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you much. it is 7:48 on this thursday morning. coming up next turning ideas into reality. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning to you. we in fact are doing just that. we are live at the national building museum where you can program lego robots. we're celebrating awesome. that's the them. engineers are just that. how you can be a part of it live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.

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that's nice. i like that. time for our facebook fan of the day. we say hello and happy valentine's day to mike. happy valentine's day. hope you are spending it with your sweetie. whomever that is. or maybe it's yourself. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day like our facebook page and post a comment below mike's picture. >> we are kicking off the morning with robots and more fun for kid wills and their families. this weekend math and science come together for one of a kind. >> holly has more live. who better to send than you. >> i have a lot of love. this is a wonderful place. wonderful events that go on here. this weekend's event really is an opportunity for you and your kids. something they do each and every year.

they put together this engineering day. scott is the vice president. we're bringing out the big dogs. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> happy valentine's day to you. i'll start with you, scott. obviously, it's important. >> it's absolutely important. our mission is to explore the world of design which includes landscape engineering and architects. thousands of our little evident visitors to explore the world of engineering and share that engineers make the world a better place. >> a question i hear all the time from young people and older people, what is it that engineers do? and this is a way to help start to explain that. >> they love the opportunity not only to have hands on activities so they can build bridges and helicopters but just as important getting a chance to meet engineers. >> and allen, you and i were

talking about the theme which i think is perfect which is celebrating awesome. >> absolutely. we think engineering is awesome and a great career. and we're excited to be part of this for the step component. it's a great day. making it all happen . >> you are cultivating future employees. that's exactly what you are doing here. >> busted. >> there you go. we have had a hard time getting kids to catch the bug early. do these kind of programs really make a difference? >> they really do. i've been involved in first robotics. i am a judge for dc. and the robotic work you'll be seeing is a great way to get it hands on, make it real, get the kids excited. >> his daughter is now at mit by the way. two little engineers. this is lily. what does an engineer do? >> build things.

>> solve problems. you are exactly right . henry, what do you think you would like about being an engineer? >> making things as engines or stuff that would help the world as cars to get around faster. >> faster cars i'm with you on that. maybe robotics in those cars. we heard allen talk about those. this weekend you guys are doing programmable robots. tell me about that. >> i heard henry talk about engines. has an engine and a micro controller. you should be able to see the robot go. i'm going to do the same thing here. this is a neat way we can engage kids like henry and lily. >> you help some young people program these robots. >> yeah. these are robots

elementary school kids design themselves and they go to a competition and interact with other kids. >> got any questions for him? >> yes. >> what is it? >> how are they moving? by the computer? >> yes, exactly. the computer that's communicating with the two engines. >> you have a question? >> no. >> he's just enjoying watching it go. >> i want to know how they don't fall off the edge of the table. >> there's different ways it can sense the edge of the table. the way it sees it is sensors. >> it's pretty smart or maybe the people who programmed it are the smart ones. you can get involved this weekend at discover family engineering day. it is 10 until 4:30. best ages 4 to 12 years of age. it's free. they do suggest a $5

donation. more in our next hour. back to you. >> still in our next hour, talk to the hand. last night's american idol seemed more like a palm reading competition. we're going to sit down with our idol channel panel for a look back. >> what would valentine's day be without bruce willis? kevin sits down with bruce willis to debate which installment is the series best. fox 5 morning news continues next. next. day.

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hollywood. our american idol chatter panel is here to recap the good and bad notes from last night. good morning i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. happy you are with us. winter weather out there last night. held up traffic and caused school delays this morning. icy conditions slicked up montgomery county. you are looking at rockville pike which is back open but that's after being shut down earlier. as for schools, frederick and carol county maryland schools will open two hours late. in virginia, page county schools are delayed. >> we say good morning to tucker barnes. kind of wild last night. beautiful. >> the snowflakes? >> the snowflakes. >> they are huge. beautiful. >> problems today . >> light accumulations. covering a little more than an inch and overnight temperatures with the clearing overnight we fell below freezing.

for another hour or so. temperatures are going to warmup later today. we should melt off any issues this morning. 37 at reagan national. 35 out at dulles and bwi has bounced above the freezing mark. 33 degrees. looking at our satellite radar nice and quiet. should be bright sunshine for you no matter where you are watching from. you are watching some other place globally. here locally nice weather later today with quiet weather for your valentine's day. sunshine, upper 40s. sunny at noon. sweet by 5:00 p.m. with quiet conditions today. more details on the weekend forecast. it's going to be interesting tomorrow night coming up in just a minute. >> okay. >> sweet? >> let's check in with julie wright.

>> all right. we've been talking about icy conditions around the beltway for quite sometime and this is one of the areas we found. the crew in sky fox live over the scene at 286. this is where we had accident activity on both sides of the road. a portion of 286 that was tied up in each direction. needs to be treated. treat the roadway and they can reopen it. there is a portion of 286 that is still tied up because of these accidents and icy conditions. let's continue with our cameras and show you what else is happening. 66 is open for business. through centerville leaving fair oaks. georgetown pike at walker road is where we had the crash. low trip in montgomery county. outer loop slowing leaving 95 over towards georgia avenue. crash westbound 50 tying up the two right lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right, julie. thank you

very much. breaking news out of south africa. the olympic sprinter known as blade runner is under arrest charged with murdering his model girlfriend. >> earlier reports suggested he may have mistaken her for a burglar. but police say that did not come from them. according to police reeva was shot four times inside his home. he made history at the london olympics when he became the first double amputee runner to compete on the track. police say there have been previous incidents at the home but did not elaborate. he's due in court later today. >> in other news, a california couple taken hostage by a man believed to be former lapd officer christopher dorner is speaking out now. accused of several revenge killings that police say ended in a burned out cabin. the body has not been identified. the couple says

they walked into their mountain cabin and found dorner inside with a gun. >> he was in there with us. we didn't get away from him. and he spoke with us. tried to calm us down. >> did you know it was him? >> yes. >> oh, yes, as soon as i saw him. >> how long were you in there with him? >> about 15 minutes. >> karen renolds was able to escape and call police. dorner was involved in a shoot out with police before the cabin went up in flames. >> here at home we continue to follow developing news in northern virginia. an elderly man is dead and police are searching for answers. >> police are calling his death suspicious. melanie alnwick has been following the investigation all morning long and joins us live from alexandria with more. >> reporter: we can tell you a man who lives in this house complained to the city council

in march of 2011 about a rise in crime. he said crime has come to this neighborhood. he told them his house had been burglarized twice. his car vandalized once. the suspect took large amounts of cash. collectible coins and jewelry from the home. that was in march of 2011. fast forward to now, neighbors confirm to us this house was broken into again last november. and we confirmed that through a police report as well. and sources tell us investigators believe there may have been another burglary here yesterday. it was just before 7:00, about 6:50 in the evening when an adult resident came home and found the 94-year-old dead. police say the man had some kind of upper body trauma but didn't elaborate on what that meant. sources tell fox 5, the person who found the man dead was either an adult son or stepson.

>> the paramedics arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead at the scene. we do feel it appears to be somewhat suspicious. >> reporter: police though have not put out any information thus far about a possible suspect or suspects. and even at this point they are still calling this simply a death investigation. they are not saying this is a homicide or a murder at this point. homicides in the city of alexandria are rare. as you can imagine, thoughts this may be connected to a burglary and a subsequent homicide has neighbors here very unsettled. >> do we know, has there been increase police presence there with all the crime that's been reported? >> reporter: i can tell you during that city council meeting in march of 2011, the council

members and the mayor both said they were aware of the issue that there had been an increased police presence. and tried today assure the man there had been a couple arrests. at that time police believed were related to the break ins. as far as increase police presence recently, i can't tell you if that's happened or not. one of the neighbors did tell me this morning when i asked her there had been several vehicle break ins this year. and she did tell me they just chalk it up to part of living in this neighborhood. >> mechanic, thank >> melanie alnwick, thank you very much. >> the other big story we're following, stuck at sea for days. thousands of passengers are nearing dry land this morning. the carnival cruise ship is expected to reach port in alabama this afternoon. being towed with more than 4,000 people on board.

sunday, a fire wiped out power to the ship leaving it disabled in the gulf of mexico. conditions on board deteriorated quickly and had limited access to food and bathrooms. >> on monday, my ex-husband informed me they were eating the onion sandwiches. they were requesting me use the restroom in red plastic bags because the toilets were overflowing and the raw sewage was coming up through the showers. >> carnival's president says the ship does have running water in several restrooms that work. more than a dozen trips have been canceled through april. the company is now also admitting the ship experienced mechanic problems weeks before the fire. >> a merger is in the works in the airline industry. we're talking about a huge merger here. it would create the biggest carrier globally.

american airlines and u.s. airways announced the $11 billion merger. keep the american airlines name and become the world's largest airline by passenger traffic. more than 95,000 employees. more than 900 planes and 3200 daily flights. it's likely to be months before the two airlines are fully integrated. president barack obama's choice to head the pentagon faces a tough choice after harry reed moved to end a fill buster of chuck hagel. several republicans say they will oppose hagel. >> 10 minutes after 8:00 now on this valentine's day morning. time for the girls to shine. the ladies takeover the american idol stage. our idol chatter panel is here to discuss the stand outs and some of the low

lights. >> a fox 5 investigation, hopes are high for the nationals this season. five years after built a new stadium, is the investment scoring big. we'll take a look at the numbers up close. it's 8:10 now. we'll be right back. you'rere on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. thanks to jif chocolate flavored hazelnut spread. ♪

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some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. that's my song. they are playing my song. we're back sharing most of your valentine's post. this is carrie to her husband. through thick and thin, be there till the end. my heart is yours for the taking, never faking, love you wholly, forever yours only. love you baby, happy valentine's day. a little poem. >> love these. >> happy valentine's day. >> let's go to tucker barnes. he's got a nice little valentine for us. >> time now for my first 5 photo of the day. this is

jaylin. >> hello baby. >> or as he's known at home mr. bouncing baby. >> that's what that is for. >> he looks so happy. >> yes, he does. >> jalen loves to bounce so much. but as you can see like all of us he gets tired. >> and that's when mom and dad get to rest pchlt. >> i like where they get to the stage where they can bounce. >> we should have those as adults. >> i would love that. >> that's cute. he is adorable. >> i got to keep moving. no awkward pauses here . to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com. click on mornings. 32 in richmond. still got icy spots north and west of town.

could be an icy spot or two. anything you picked up yesterday and we have reports of accumulations. nice looking day. quiet conditions across the region. storm east of boston. and we're looking at a quiet day and a half or so. plenty of sunshine and temperatures warmer than average. 50 today, nice tonight. 53 tomorrow. we are going to cloud up tomorrow night. we will see if that brings us rain or snow showers mix hchlt and plain old cold for the weekend. sunday's high 35. 47 with sunshine. >> traffic with julie wright. >> my funny valentine. i was singing to you tucker. >> that's beautiful, julie. >> why did you grab his ears,

allison? >> i liked it. >> we've been talking about icy conditions on the roads. hopefully your valentine's day doesn't give you the cold shoulder. icy conditions on 286. both the north and southbound side of the highway. again, we have to clear up the accident and treat the road before we can get all of the lanes open. be patient with us. there was the crash along 286, that had part of the roadway blocked off and they are in the process of zigzagging traffic past the scene. let's continue with the maps and show you what else is happening out here. quite busy. the crash westbound 50 that has cleared. still in a back up. new crash reported northbound gw parkway. you are in a back up. the crash occurred on westbound i 195 at 295. finally wrap it up with the cameras and show you what else is happening out there. slow traffic 395 leaving the beltway. pentagon up and around

the 14th street bridge. southbound 29 earlier problems we had south of the beltway have cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much. the hollywood round continues on american idol. this time the girls get their turn on stage as the american idol judges work to narrow down the hundreds of contestants. hundreds it seems like. this morning our idol chatter panel is back with us to discuss the ladies. mix 107.3's jack diamond. >> good morning. >> i'm coming over to shake hands. >> happy valentine's day. >> genie, the kiddy of the city. >> happy v-day. >> and marcus johnson. >> i hope i can remember this later today. >> before we jump in. any valentine wishes. >> absoly . my 4 year old

kitten jordan. don't worry, i'll be there taking to your celebration at school. >> my wife lisa, conor, rachel, ian and jenny. >> who are the others? >> daughters and sons. >> all right. let's move along. >> i want to give a shout out to my daughter chase, happy valentine's day. karina, my mom. all the crew. my sisters. >> all right . that's enough. thank you very much. >> you are supposed to jump in early. >> i tried. >> let's talk about the show last night. and the writing on the hands and the arms, no one could remember lyrics. >> the bottom line, if you are going to do this professionally, you've got to remember the lyrics. the judges will forgive a pitchy dog but not going to forget for getting lyrics.

i'm sorry, you are in the wrong business. >> this is not the competition for you baby. ad-lib, be creative. make it happen. i see some problems . but i see some stars too. i do. >> i saw a couple people that have the talent to be the idol. there are a couple girls. young ladies that were doing their thing. the level of professionalism this year, seems like -- a lack of maturity. >> a lot of 15-17-year-olds in there too. we're going to talk about some of the specifics. i watched the show. i can't remember who is who. candace. we're going to start with her. very good range. the judges seem to like her. let's take a look. >> ♪ for me to love you this way ♪ . >> she's good. she's good. i like her. your thoughts? >> absolutely love her. that's my girl right now. i really like her. she has attitude.

she has a vibe . she's beautiful. and that's what it takes. >> candace is talented. reminds me of the jennifer hudson vibe. but i don't know how long she's going to survive here. i see fragile points in her that may crack. >> interesting. >> nice voice. when you see the judges sitting and listening and paying attention, that's a really good sign they are getting into it. really good vibe and great voice. i agree with genie. does she have staying power? maybe not. it takes more than a great voice. but that she's got. >> isabell. take a look at her. i like her too. >> ♪ and your mama is good looking ♪ . >> not bad. genie. >> there's a reason randy is biting his head. blond kitty on

the patrol again. market ability, pizazz, great voice, teeth. it sells. >> i like her too. i like she has that certain something. she has to develop more of it. at this point she's nice to look at, nice to listen to but is she a star? out of these hundreds of people, we're going to have to pick one to be an american idol. that's the bar. >> i think she'll make it through. she's definitely -- definitely a hottie. she has a very good instrument. when she goes through the development process. she's going to do well. >> i'm going to skip who we were going to talk about. i want to talk about this young lady. janell. i should be careful what i say. take a look.

>> ♪ . >> there are no words being said there. no actual words. she just kind of faked it through. had problems getting along with her group. >> have i mentioned how much i like nikki? >> and some people are cut out for this and some aren't. there's an awful lot of pressure and what we have to remember when we sit back, this is really tough on these kids and some of them just can't handle the pressure and the competition. that said, will she make it beyond this stage for career in this business? i don't think so. >> emotionally a wreck. look, i want her to come from the family. tweet me. let's hook up. talented but american idol

is straight hard core industry. i want you to make it. not looking good too early. i got you though. >> right now to have that vibe where she's not willing to collaborate. this is a collaborating business all the way through and for the judges to know it. i'm not an armchair guy. i'm out there. i'm saying the thing that makes it possible for me to tour around the country and had the world is i have to use different bands right now. u want peoe whowill kill for yo. she might have people killing her immediately. >> the second they don't like you you are done. >> that's right. >> i wanted to see the dmv win this season. >> we got to talk about tezbon. >> ♪ yes i love you ♪

♪. >> somehow they all got through after a very rough night as a group or group splintering. what were your thoughts about this? >> she doesn't live in the area. >> maybe what they need is a bucky of kentucky fried. she's looking to get a meal or something like that. i was shocked. i think she's getting through at least this round because of the fact she is great tv, talent wise and attitude wise. she can be a comedian. great access. >> rating s booster. >> i already see the reality shows. it's done. the check is cut. >> i would watch it. >> you notice they saved her until the end. >> we are making a television show and that's what everybody has to keep in mind. it's very

diverse this year and it's interesting. >> come on, idol. talk to your girl. >> boy george. i'm just saying. unique . >> thank you as always we'll see you again next week. happy valentine's day to all of you. allison, back to you. >> thanks, everybody. movie reviewer kevin met up with the bruce willis at a good day to die hard. kevin picked his favorite movie. but explains why he's just wrong. >> die hard series is arguably the best action series of all time. i've been fighting this battle for 18 years. i think die hard 3 is the best one. >> i like the first one. >> i like die hard 3 too. >> what is it about the first one that you feel lives on? >> just in one little building

that was on fire. claustrophobic. trying to save my wife at the time. nobody really knew what was going to happen. >> how great is that? all right. stay with us. coming up this hour , we're going to have kevin sit down and interview with bruce. we're back right after this.

welcome back, it's 8:29. tucker barnes is here. a little snow last night. if you like snow. >> we did. we looked out the window for a while. >> it was gorgeous. >> i put up on my facebook page. it's been over two years since we've had more than an inch of snow. remember carmageddon? >> the size of the flakes is that unusual? >> what's happening is the flakes are sticking together. and that is a hallmark of a transition from rain to snow. that's why they look so big. >> snow totals. sunshine with highs near 50. >> german down about an inch. picked up a trace

. and a few more spots. up into carol county and northern maryland a little more than an inch. overnight we did fall below freezing. 37 in washington. you are now 34 . baltimore is 33 and 35 at dulles. lots of clear skies. storminess racing to the east. a nice beautiful day with highs in the upper 40s. this front is going to slide through friday and a secondary front late on friday. it's also doing the best to generate storm around here. could bring us rain and/or snow just like last

night. so that's our next piece of weather. it will be cold with highs in the 30. for your volume day on monday, mid to upper 40s. that's weather, back to you guys at the desk. >> thank you very much. the washington nationals have sights set on the world series and the city of dc has a lot riding on a post season run. >> with spring training, fans will soon fill nats park. sherri ly looks at where that's paying off. >> nationals fans are looking to the future after making the playoffs for the first time since arriving in town. it's transformed into a winner. >> what do you say about the nats fans. >> and transformed the

neighborhood around nats park. >> people are moving into the neighborhood and there's more to come. >> i think the ballpark does have a lot to do with it. >> as you take a look around it's a beautiful neighborhood. >> at a small sandwich shop, owner albert has seen fortunes rise with the nats arrival. >> it was a struggle. we had our period s of a slow time. it was a matter before things would start to pick up. the $611 million stadium paid for by taxpayers was a corner stone. >> i thought it was worth it at the time. and i always had confidence bringing baseball back to washington was the right thing to do. >> as the nats head into a new season with world series, here's a reality check. projections at the time the stadium deal passed were wildly off. the city counted on the

stadium bringing in $24 million a year. from taxes, tickets, parking and concessions. but only brought in $12.6 million despite finishing with the league's best record. >> the fiscal policy institute believes the stadium isn't pulling its weight. >> having a baseball team in washington is a great thing. but having a winning team is not the same as saying it's a winning financial bid. >> tapped a ballpark fee and utility tax to pay the lion's share of the stadium $42.6 million last year. the team owners chipped in only $5 million. critics call it corporate welfare for millionaire baseball owners that doesn't benefit the welfare of the city. >> no doubt we could use those resources to pay for things that are important to the city. our libraries and wreck centers are not open because we don't have the money to keep them open. >> by the time the stadium is

paid off, the interest will push the cost to a billion dollars and the city remains on the hook for major repairs. community groups promise a share of the wealth. they got benched. >> it's not just about the team winning and the team benefiting but also that it shouldn't be just development in the neighborhood immediately around the stadium. but it should be something that helps generate the income for the entire city. >> a community benefit fund created was supposed to pay for parts and other projects directly benefiting neighborhoods, not a dime was ever spent. the city council abolished the fund which had $23 million and rolled it into city coffers. >> there's a lot of promise there and this is a good time to look at that and reinstate. >> but there's more than one way to measure the payoff to the community. the stadium created hundreds of jobs and property

values soared. >> prior to the baseball stadium being there nothing was happening. once it arrived, everything began to happen. >> the surplus in taxes on businesses could payoff the stadium debt 10 years early. also stands to make millions more if the team plays post season baseball. >> i think it's a home run. definitely people are talking about dc. and that's all in part because of the stadium and the team. >> like it or not, the city invested in the stadium. nats fans and the city are hoping the home town team comes through with another post season playoff. fox 5 news. >> thank you, sherri. >> attendance improved with the team's success. that pushed tax revenue above last year's projections. >> surgery for gaga. coming up, find out the reason the pop star

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place officer john mcclain has been chasing guys in the die hard movie franchise. the character played by bruce willis is back for the 5th install move. >> movie reviewer talked about how the character has changed over the years. >> june 3rd, 1995 and i saw die hard with a vengeance. and i loved the movie so much i saved my ticket stubs and i wanted to show it to you. >> that's fantastic. very nice. >> as an actor over the career

and everything you've experienced, as many as something crazy you've collected over the years? >> i've collected photographs of the pictures i get to take with my favorite movie stars. >> can i ask who? >> dustin hofmann or meryl streep or goldie haun. >> i like about the character getting older. let's say 1988 you were not offered the die hard roll. what are elements you could not have done now at this point in your career? >> i was thinking about it the opposite way, if someone told me in 1988 we want you to shoot all five films in the next two years, i never would have known what to do.

just the fact we've been able to stretch it out. get to understand what john mcclaine should be like. >> you mentioned 25 years and been stuck in this die hard world. hypothetically if you could take john out of that world and have him interact with any classic cast, which one would he have the most fun with? >> gary cooper did a good job. i'd like to get in there in high noon in that western. i'd love to do a western. he'd be a good guy. certainly in over his head. bad guys out there. got a couple women to save. >> it is really cool. lady gaga headed for hip surgery. doctors say the singer can barely walk

cause she's suffering from joint inflammation. the surgery is forcing her to cancel her born this way ball tour. if you have a ticket to that concert, you can get a refund starting today. i know you really wanted to go. >> me? >> no not you. probably like i really wanted to see it. >> it is 8:43 now on this thursday morning. still ahead, celebrating science as a family. >> holly is live with more on family engineering day. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning. this is amazing. right now, i am learning how to drive without using my eyes. i'm not kidding. and you know what ? mark did it at the international speed way. and he is going to be a part of discover where we are live. engineers are now his opportunity happens. we're going to tell you all about it next on fox 5 morning news.

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called celebrating awesome. you are about to see awesome. interesting i use the word see. this is mark. he is with the national federation for the blind. good morning to you. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming out. >> thank you. >> you had the experience of driving without being able to see. >> absolutely. >> explain that to me. >> in the national federation of the blind we try to expand the independence of the blind. doing work on behalf of blind people. our president had a dream. why is it we say we cannot have a car? we just happen not to be able to see. and can't we find brighten gin ears that takes advantage of the capacity we have to think and react. we got together with a team at virginia tech. got blind engineers together and build a car that can be driven

by a blind person without sighted assistance. >> i'm not sure if we have the video but you got to test out -- we don't have the pictures so i apologize for that. but you got to test out this technology not just anywhere but daytona. >>lmost two years ago today we had the first public demonstration. you can see the video of that great collaboration. >> i know people are going this is impossible. tell me what's going on here. >> we have a pair of gloves that have motors in it. we're going to have this at engineering day. the gloves communicate steering information. so when you steer and you feel a violation in a hand you'll steer toward that

violation. in the seat cushion we have speed. sounds more complicated than it is. but with a little experience we've been able to get blind people to drive on dynamic courses. >> it's vibrating which is a nice massage. >> accelerate. i'm access rating. >> you feel vibrations on your hands. >> turn a little. >> there i do. steer back this way. have i crashed yet? >> it's really interesting. you have to feel this violation. you are trying to get this bouncing of the vibrations and it does sound complicated.

after working with engineers it's intuitive. you don't have that physical sense of movement. >> i'm not feeling anything. have i driven off a cliff? >> we'll give you a bonus round. >> wait a second i just opened my eyes, that is not boding well for me. clearly. i want you to give me an idea of what it was like for you for the first time to drive. >> i've known it will not be a possibility to drive. but because of the national federation of the blind and putting capacity together with engineers who love to tackle a hard problem the first time that i got into the car without any engineer, turned on the radio.

the police was on and hit the accelerator. i've heard for years about freedom, independence that driving provides. that was the greatest sense of independence. every blind person this opportunity to expand the horizon. what's important is what we're going to do next. >> i hope people at home heard you say an engineer and team of engineers gave you freedom. and that's what saturday is all about. getting young people excited it's free and open to the public it would be fun and memorable. we'll talk more about it in our next hour, back to you. >> that is remarkable. thank you, holly. it is now 8:51. still ahead looking for

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welcome back. in the spirit of valentine's day, if you don't have a special sweet heart today, you may be wondering where to find one. trulia.com has released the areas with the most single men and women. and bethesda, maryland tops the list. >> rockville and frederick has about 1.2 single women for every single man. dc has the second highest ratio with 1.1 single women for every single guy. >> not sure what you do with the 0.1 or 0.2. >> still ahead at 9:00, hitting the gym. a new study says no. >> really interesting stuff. join us live to set the record straight. 8:55. we'll be right back. 37 degrees. 37 degrees. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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